A Review: PLANETOID PRAXIS #1

The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of PLANETOID PRAXIS #1 from Image Comics. Ken Garing writes, draws, colors, and letters.

It’s been years since the Planetoid was set free, and its
inhabitants have survived together ever since. It hasn’t been perfect, but it
has been mostly peaceful. One day a small ship lands on the Slab, bearing a
visitor from the species who set the trap on the planetoid. The leaders are
mostly convinced that the people want to see the Ono Mao dead, and so they kill
him. But not everyone is sure it was the right thing to do.

This is the sequel to the 2012 mini-series, and the children
born since then are already taking an active role in this story. They’re not
the leaders, but they are the heart of the colony. And they are already
developing into well-rounded characters, which is good since they may have to
deal with the effects of the colony’s actions. This issue is a good story
intro, and the art helps the planetoid itself become a character in this book.

I really liked the first arc all those years ago, and this
is shaping up to be a very good continuation of the story of this lost little
world. The burdens of leadership is always a tough theme, and I look forward to
seeing how this plays out.